19961101038849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Phoenix, AZ · November 1, 1996

Date
November 1, 1996 · 21:18 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MASA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N35YV
Reported as
Beech 1900D
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,671 total2,072 in this make and model239 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: flight 5275 departed phx enroute to flg. VMC prevailed. After departure and climbing, the bleed air was selected by the f/o. the crew heard rushing air and checked the cabin door. No lights illuminated on the annunciator panel. The crew determined the aft cargo door had opened. An emergency was declared and the aircraft returned to phx without further incident. The PIC reported that during descent at approximately 500' AGL he pushed the "press to test" button on the annunciator panel and all the lights illuminated. When he released the button "then" the aft cargo door warning light remained illuminated. The light remained on during taxi to the gate. After passenger deplaning the PIC turned power back on and the aft cargo door (open) light would not illuminate until it was tapped with a finger.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 5275 DEPARTED PHX ENROUTE TO FLG. VMC PREVAILED. AFTER DEPARTURE AND CLIMBING, THE BLEED AIR WAS SELECTED BY THE F/O. THE CREW HEARD RUSHING AIR AND CHECKED THE CABIN DOOR. NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. THE CREW DETERMINED THE AFT CARGO DOOR HAD OPENED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHX WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PIC REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT AT APPROXIMATELY 500' AGL HE PUSHED THE "PRESS TO TEST" BUTTON ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL AND ALL THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WHEN HE RELEASED THE BUTTON "THEN" THE AFT CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE LIGHT REMAINED ON DURING TAXI TO THE GATE. AFTER PASSENGER DEPLANING THE PIC TURNED POWER BACK ON AND THE AFT CARGO DOOR (OPEN) LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE UNTIL IT WAS TAPPED WITH A FINGER.